356Nut Shop, St James's Place, HoundsditchFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.167 State: 2/2 |
Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Provenance: | Gift from Rosalind Birnie-Philip to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
Paper size: | 127 x 176 mm |
Plate mark size: | 127 x 176 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800) |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | Traces of tone near the plate corners. |
Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks and small patches throughout; a large patch of foul biting and a droplet at the upper right corner. |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | tab 32-42 mm from left, height 3 mm |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'RBP / Supp 301 Nut Shop. St James's Place' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K2910203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.